A STUDY ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF MASCULINITIES AND THE PRODUCTION OF VIOLENT BEHAVIOR

Abstract

This article is based on a research made by the Universidade Católica de Pernambuco in 2004, through the Scientific Iniciation Institucional Program. The main objectives were to identify relations between cultural models of "being man", the subordination of the young men to behavior. Such models and the production of violent behavior. It was observed how masculinity reference models were socially transmitted through generations and for the construction of men subjectivity. Ten young men, aging between 20 and 30 years old, took part in this research. Histories of life were studied, considering that, through these histories, the men can more clearly reveal the codes, schemes and models that contributed to the construction of their masculinity. Analyzing the histories we seeked to identify their relation to current cultural models. Data gathered indicate that these young men are satisfied with their masculinity construction, however, there is a clear lack of satisfaction with the models that enabled this construction.